Knowra Anthony Hopkins Anthony Hopkins Anthony Hopkins is a Welsh actor known for performances in film, television, and theatre, including Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs and an aging father in The Father.
The Silence of the Lambs : A 1991 thriller in which FBI trainee Clarice Starling seeks help from imprisoned cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter. Hopkins won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his brief, chilling performance as Lecter.
Richard Attenborough : An English actor, director, and producer whose screen career spanned more than six decades. Attenborough cast Hopkins in his 1964 film The White Bus, an early screen appearance.
Margam : A village and community in Neath Port Talbot, Wales, near Port Talbot. Hopkins was born in Margam in 1937.
Jodie Foster : An American actor and filmmaker who played Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs. Foster’s investigative protagonist provides the film’s emotional counterpoint to Hopkins’s Lecter.
Academy Award : An annual American film award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Hopkins’s two acting wins mark the industry recognition of performances decades apart.
The Remains of the Day : A 1993 drama about an English butler whose devotion to service obscures a life of missed emotional connections. Hopkins’s restrained performance as Stevens earned him an Academy Award nomination.
Laurence Olivier : An English actor and director widely regarded as one of the leading Shakespearean performers of the twentieth century. Olivier recruited Hopkins to the National Theatre in 1965 and became his mentor.
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama : A performing-arts conservatoire in Cardiff, Wales, founded in 1949. Hopkins studied acting there before beginning his professional career.
Emma Thompson : An English actor, screenwriter, and author who starred opposite Hopkins in The Remains of the Day. Thompson’s Miss Kenton expresses feelings that Hopkins’s emotionally guarded Stevens suppresses.
BAFTA Award : An award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for achievements in screen arts. Hopkins received major British recognition, including a BAFTA for The Silence of the Lambs.
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